Commerical-article package

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a commodity package, comprising a hanging member that has a hole for hanging, and a holding body for holding an article. The holding body has a first cutting portion for separating a first recess and the upper part of a first brim portion from each other, and a second cutting portion for separating a second recess and the upper part of a second brim portion from each other. The hanging member has a third cutting portion for separating the upper part and the lower part thereof from each other. The first, second and third cutting portions are provided at different heights. This makes it possible for the commodity package, when hung, to maintain favorable balance and obtain sufficient intensity.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a commodity package for containing anarticle, such as batteries, to be exhibited for sales or some otherpurposes.

BACKGROUND ART

As commodity packages for housing batteries etc., blister packaging hasbeen in wide use for the reason of a good exhibition effect at shops,low cost and the like. In the blister packaging, a recess is formed bythermal formation or the like in a transparent synthetic resin sheet,and articles are housed in the recess. The opening of the recess isclosed by bonding the rim of the recess to a board, such as apasteboard, so that articles are held in the recess.

There have also been proposed a commodity package usable as a containerfor storage even after the opening thereof, and a commodity packagereusable and readily disposable (e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 6,244,444)

FIG. 12 shows a perspective view of a battery package as one of examplesof conventional commodity packages. The conventional battery packageconsists of a battery-housing portion 51 for housing plural articles ofbattery 50, and a board 53 having a hole 53 a for hanging. When thepackage is hung, a shoulder portion 54 a of the under part 54 of theboard, having been formed by providing a slit in the board 53, is hookedon a shoulder portion 52 a having been formed on a lid portion 52 forclosing the battery-housing portion 51.

However, there has been a problem with the intensity of the commoditypackage itself because it is only the shoulder portion 52 a of the board53 that supports the entire battery-housing portion 51. There has alsobeen another problem that, because the articles of battery 50 are housedin one side of the board 53, it is difficult to hang the commoditypackage, housing a number of battery articles, in a balanced manner.

In order to solve the aforementioned conventional problems, accordingly,an object of the present invention is to provide a commodity packagethat is capable of maintaining favorable balance when hung, and also hassufficient intensity.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

The present invention provides a commodity package comprising a hangingmember that has a hole for hanging, and a holding body for holding anarticle, characterized in that the holding body has: a housing portionincluding a first recess and a second recess for housing the article; afirst brim portion and a second brim portion for closing the firstrecess and the second recess to form the housing portion; and a bendingportion that connects the first recess and the second recess, and bendsto fold back the holding body so that the first recess and the secondrecess are faced to each other, the hanging member is interposed betweenthe brim portions and the recesses, the holding body has a first cuttingportion for separating the first recess and the upper part of the firstbrim portion from each other, and a second cutting portion forseparating the second recess and the upper part of the second brimportion from each other, the hanging member has a third cutting portionfor separating the upper part and the lower part thereof from eachother, and the first, second and third cutting portions are provided atdifferent heights.

It is preferable that the housing portion is formed on each side of theplane of the hanging member, the plane having the hole for hanging.

It is preferable that part of the first cutting portion and part of thesecond cutting portion are shaped such that the holding body forms aknob portion for opening and closing the commodity package after thecutting portions have been cut.

It is preferable that, in a portion where the hanging member isinterposed between the first brim portion and the second brim portion,one of the brim portions has a projection for crushing and the other ofthe brim portions has a depression into which the projection is to fit,and the hanging member has a hole that accommodates the projection, suchthat the projection for crushing is put thorough the hole, theprojection for crushing in the state of fitting into the depression iscrushed, and a latch portion, formed as the projection for crushingtransforms by extending outward, is latched into the hole and thedepression to fix the hanging member to the holding body.

It is preferable that one of the first brim portion and the second brimportion has a depression and the other of the brim portions has aprojection to fit into the depression.

It is preferable that the holding body has a folding-back portion oneach of the side rims thereof.

It is preferable that each of the first recess and the second recess hasa depression on the right or the left side face of the inside thereof,and the hanging member has projections to fit into the depressions.

It is preferable that the bending portion comprises: a bottom portionthat connects the first recess and the second recess; and a pair of lineportions for folding capable of bending to fold back the holding body sothat the recesses are faced to each other, pair of line portions forfolding being provided on boundary between the bottom portion and therecesses.

It is preferable that a holding body in which the housing portion isformed with the bottom portion can be placed vertically.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of a battery package in Embodiment 1.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same battery package.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same batter package.

FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical sectional view illustrating the vicinityof a projection for crushing before a hanging member is fixed to aholding body.

FIG. 5 is a schematic vertical sectional view illustrating the vicinityof a latch portion after a hanging member is fixed to a holding body.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the holding body in the same battery package.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the hanging member in the same batterypackage.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the battery package after the opening thereofin Embodiment 1.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a battery package in Embodiment 2.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the same battery package.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the same battery package.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a conventional battery package.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

In the following, a battery package containing plural battery articlesis described as one example of embodiments of the commodity package inaccordance with the present invention.

Embodiment 1

A battery package containing four cylindrical battery articles isexplained below by reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a battery package of the present inventionthat houses a unit pack 2 comprising a wrapping portion 1 a, which isobtained by vertically laying down and shrink-packing four articles ofcylindrical battery 1 (cf. FIG. 3); FIG. 2 is a side view of the samebattery package; and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the samebattery.

The battery package of the present invention is constituted of a hangingmember 3 having a hole 4 for hanging, and a holding body 8 for holding aunit pack 2. The holding body 8 has a first recess 11 and a secondrecess 12, which house the unit pack 2, and the recesses 11 and 12 areclosed by bending the holding body 8 in the direction of the pointer Xin FIG. 3 to form a housing portion. The holding body 8 has a first brimportion 9, a second brim portion 10, and a bending portion 16 thatconnects the recess 11 and the recess 12, and bends to fold back theholding body 8 so that the first recess 11 and the second recess 12 arefaced to each other.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hanging member 3 is interposed between the firstrecess 11 and the second recess 12 such that, when the battery packageis hung, the weight of the unit pack 2 is loaded on both sides of thehanging member 3 in a balanced manner. This allows the battery packageto maintain favorable balance when hung.

The holding body 8 has a first cutting portion 20 comprising a breakingline for separating the first brim portion 9 and the first recess 11from each other, and a second cutting portion 21 comprising a breakingline for separating the second brim portion 10 and the second recess 12from each other. Further, the hanging member 3 has a third cuttingportion 6 comprising a breaking line for separating the upper part 3 aand the under part 3 c from each other. As in FIG. 1 and FIG. 8 thatshows the battery package after the opening thereof, the first cuttingportion 6, the second cutting portion 20 and the third cutting portion21 are provided at different heights when a battery package isconstituted by folding back the holding body 8 to sandwich the hangingmember 3. The provision of the respective cutting portions at differentheights enables improvement in intensity of the battery package whenhung for exhibition.

In the battery package of the present invention, the upper part 3 a ofthe hanging member 3 is interposed between the first brim portion 9 andthe second brim portion 10, and the lower part 3 c of the hanging member3 is interposed between the first recess 11 and the second recess 12.Further, the hanging member 3 has a step portion 3 b for forming a stepas deep as the recess 12 between the upper part 3 a and the lower part 3c, and the lower part 3 c is provided along with the inner face of therecess 12. Namely, the lower part 3 c of the hanging member 3 is housedtogether with the unit pack 2 into the housing portion.

In a portion where the upper part 3 a of the hanging member 3 isinterposed between the first brim portion 9 and the second brim portion10, the first brim portion 9 has a pair of projections 14 a for crushingwhile the second brim portion 10 has a pair of depressions 14 b intowhich the projections 14 a are to fit. The upper part 3 a of the hangingmember 3 has a pair of holes 5 in such a shape and size as to correspondto the projection 14 a for crushing.

In fixing of the hanging member 3 to the holding body 8, for example,the projection 14 a for crushing is passed through the hole 5, and thenfit into the depression 14 b via the hanging member 3 (cf. FIG. 4). Inthis state, the projection 14 a for crushing is crushed together withthe depression 14 b from above, as indicated by the pointer Y, and thenthe projection 14 a for crushing is made transformed as extendingoutward, thereby forming a latch portion 15 a, as shown in FIG. 5. Thedepression 14 b transforms into a depression 15 b covering the latchportion 15 a. Here, the latch portion 15 a is latched into the secondbrim portion 10 and the upper part 3 a of the hanging member 3. Thehanging member 3 is firmly fixed to the holding material 8 because ofsuch formation of the latch portion 15 a.

It is possible by the aforementioned method to keep appearance of abattery package favorable and the fixing status thereof firm, therebypreventing trouble and holding down cost. Another fixing method beyondthe above described may be integration by means of thermal welding orthe like.

For opening the battery package, a user of the battery package cuts italong the cutting portions 6, 20 and 21 while holding, with his bothhands, the upper part 3 a of the hanging member 3 and the holding body8. A pair of knob portions 20 a and 21 a for opening and closing thebattery package, formed by the cutting portions 20 and 21 to facilitatethe opening, are pinched with his fingers to get the holding body 8extended to the both sides thereof (in the front and back directions inFIG. 8) so that the articles of battery 1 can be taken out. After thecutting along the cutting portions 6, 20 and 21, the holding body 8 inthe battery package can be used as a container for storage of thebattery 1, as shown in FIG. 8.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 7, in order that the hanging member 3 canremain fixed to the holding body 8, it is preferable to form projections7 a and 7 b on the under part 3 c of the hanging member 3, theprojections 7 a being caught between the plural depressions 12 aprovided on one side of the holding body and projections 7 b beingcaught between the plural depressions 12 b provided on the other side ofthe holding body.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, in order to stably house thearticles of battery 1 in the first recess 11 and the second recess 12 ofthe holding body 8, it is preferable to form projections 11 a, 11 b, 12a and 12 b, which are accommodated to the battery shape, respectively onboth sides of the first recess 11 and both sides of the second recess12. Further, the holding body 8 may be provided on the side face rimthereof with a folding-back portion 22. This enables improvement inintensity of the battery package.

The first brim portion 9 has a depression 9 a while the second brimportion 10 has a projection 10 a to be latched into the depression 9 a.Further, a pair of projections 10 a each has a groove portion 10 b onthe outside thereof; a pair of depressions 9 a each has a projection 9 bon the right or left end thereof to fit into the groove portion 10 b.When the holding body 8 is folded back, the holding body 8 as acontainer can be prevented from transforming by certain fitting of theprojections 10 a into the depressions 9 a and the projections 9 b intothe groove portions 10 b. Furthermore, even after the battery packagehas been opened, the holding body 8 can be opened and closed, and alsoused as a container for storage, which has stable storage properties.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 6, a bending portion 16 has a bottom portion17 that connects the first recess 11 and the second recess 12. Further,the bending portion 16 has a pair of line portions 18 and 19 for foldingcapable of bending to fold back the holding body 8 so that the recess 11and the recess 12 are faced to each other, the pair of line portions 18and 19 for folding being provided on the boundary between the bottomportion 17 and the recesses 11/12. The bottom portion 17 has a thirdrecess 13 constituting the bottom of the housing portion formed by therecesses 11 and 12. This allows exhibition of the battery package in avertically placed state, with the bottom portion 17 used as the bottomof the battery package when placed.

As the aforementioned hanging member 3 and the holding body 8, a resinof polyethylene terephthalate or the like can be used. The use of thesame material for the hanging member 3 and the holding body 8 canfacilitate treatments thereof, such as correction thereof having becomedisused. Moreover, it is preferable that at least the holding body 8 istransparent to get the housed battery articles visible, whereas thehanging portion 3 may be made of another material, such as paper.

Embodiment 2

A battery package containing eight cylindrical battery articles isexplained below by reference to FIGS. 9 to 11.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a battery package of the present inventionthat houses two unit packs 2, each comprising a wrapping portion 1 aobtained by vertically laying down and shrink-packing four articles ofcylindrical battery 1 (cf. FIG. 11); FIG. 10 is a side view of the samebattery package; and FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the samebattery.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, in a battery package of the presentembodiment, a housing portion is formed on each side of a hanging member23 by a first recess 31 or a second recess 32 to house a unit pack 2, inorder that the weight of the unit packs 2 is loaded on both sides of thehanging member 23 in a balanced manner when the battery package is hung.Except for this, the battery package of the present embodiment isconstituted in the same manner as in Embodiment 1. As thus indicated,even in the case of housing a number of battery articles, the batterypackage can be kept well balanced when hung.

As shown in FIG. 10, two unit packs 2 are housed in the holding body 28in a misaligned manner so that the each article of battery 1 is held ata different height. This makes it possible to stably house the batteryarticles and get the space necessary for the housing smaller.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

As thus described, according to the present invention, there can beprovided a commodity package that is capable of maintaining favorablebalance and also has sufficient intensity when it is hung.

1. A commodity package, comprising a hanging member that has a hole forhanging, and a holding body for holding an article characterized in thatsaid holding body has: a housing portion including a first recess and asecond recess for housing said article; a first brim portion and asecond brim portion for closing said first recess and said second recessto form said housing portion; and a bending portion that connects saidfirst recess and said second recess, and bends to fold back said holdingbody so that said first recess and said second recess are faced to eachother, said hanging member is interposed between said brim portions andsaid recesses, said holding body has a first cutting portion forseparating said first recess and the upper part of said first brimportion from each other, and a second cutting portion for separatingsaid second recess and the upper part of said second brim portion fromeach other, said hanging member has a third cutting portion forseparating the upper part and the lower part thereof from each other,and said first, second and third cutting portions are provided atdifferent heights.
 2. The commodity package in accordance with claim 1,wherein said housing portion is formed on each side of the plane of saidhanging member, said plane having said hole for hanging.
 3. Thecommodity package in accordance with claim 1, wherein part of said firstcutting portion and part of said second cutting portion are shaped suchthat said holding body forms a knob portion for opening and closing saidcommodity package after said cutting portions have been cut.
 4. Thecommodity package in accordance with claim 1, wherein, in a portionwhere said hanging member is interposed between said first brim portionand said second brim portion, one of said brim portions has a projectionfor crushing and the other of said brim portions has a depression intowhich said projection is to fit, and said hanging member has a hole thataccommodates said projection, such that said projection for crushing isput thorough said hole, said projection for pushing in the state offitting into said depression is crushed, and a latch portion, formed assaid projection for crushing transforms by extending outward, is latchedinto said hole and said depression to fix said hanging member to saidholding body.
 5. The commodity package in accordance with claim 1,wherein one of said first brim portion and said second brim portion hasa depression and the other of said brim portions has a projection to fitinto said depression.
 6. The commodity package in accordance with claim1, wherein said holding body has a folding-back portion on each of theside rims thereof.
 7. The commodity package in accordance with claim 1,wherein each of said first recess and said second recess has adepression on the right or the left side face of the inside thereof, andsaid hanging member has projections to fit into said depressions.
 8. Thecommodity package in accordance with claim 1, wherein said bendingportion comprises: a bottom portion that connects said first recess andsaid second recess; and a pair of line portions for folding capable ofbending to fold back said holding body so that said recesses are facedto each other, said pair of line portions for folding being provided onboundary between said bottom portion and said recesses.
 9. The commoditypackage in accordance with claim 8, wherein said holding body in whichsaid housing portion is formed with said bottom portion can be placedvertically.